https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djandrewmckay en-us Podomatic RSS Generator Fri, 10 Jan 2025 23:09:57 +0000 Music Copyright 2025 Andrew Mckay blank episodic false no https://djandrewmckay.podomatic.com/images/default/B-1400.png https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djandrewmckay Andrew Mckay GIGS MAY 2010: 29 Sat Pierside@One Fullerton 27 Thu The White Rabbit 22 Sat Pierside 20 Thu Private Function 15 Sat Pierside 08 Sat Pierside 01 Sat Pierside APRIL 2010: 24 Sat Pierside (One Fullerton) 17 Sat Pierside 10 Sat Pierside 02 Fri Pierside MAR 2010: 27 Sat Myra's Beach CLub Latin Nite 26 Fri Pierside (One Fullerton) 25 Thu Private function TBC 22 Mon Myra's - Embassy Function 20 Sat Pierside 19 Fri Myra's Beach Club 13 Sat Pierside 06 Sat Pierside More dates TBC FEB 2010: 27 Sat One Rochester 26 Fri Pierside 25 Thu Hyatt - B&O CNY Party 20 Sat One Rochester 19 Fri Tippling Club (Dempsey) 13 Sat One Rochester 12 Fri Pierside (1 Fullerton) 06 Sat One Rochester JAN 2010: 30 Sat Pierside 23 Sat One Rochester 22 Fri Tippling Club 16 Sat One Rochester 15 Fri Tippling Club 02 Sat One Rochester DEC 2009: 31 Thu Tippling 26 Sat One Rochester 25 Fri Mel's Place 24 Thu Mel's Place 20 Sun Mana Mana East Coast Surf Industry Event 19 Sat One Rochester 19 Sat One Rochester 18 Fri Private Function 12 Sat One Rochester 05 Sat One Rochester NOV: 29 Sun The Shack, Sentosa 28 Sat One Rochester 22 Sun Myra's Beach Club 21 Sat One Rochester 14 Sat One Rochester 13 Fri Blu Jaz OCT 2009: 31 Sat Mel's Place 24 Sat One Rochester 10 Sat One Rochester 03 Sat One Rochester SEPT 2009: 26 Sat Blujaz Cafe 19 Sat Myra's Beach Club 12 Sat Myra's Beach Club 8 Tues- The American Club - Private function for USS Nimitz 5 Sat Myra's Beach Club, ECP More dates TBA WHAT YOU GET To all Bar, Club and Restaurant owners/managers looking to give ADDED VALUE to your customers, keep them longer, and have them coming back again: call me! Picture YOUR VENUE with an imported DJ playing the cream of current and classic soul, funk, house, latin, hip hop and R'n'B-influenced music, beatmixed and key-matched and played at a pleasant volume, so people can still carry on a conversation, while enjoying the sounds. We're talking both tasty and tasteful, mid-tempo, groovy music which is guaranteed to keep the mood positive and have people reluctant to leave. Ph 93474168 for enquiries and bookings. BIOGRAPHY DJ Funkdog(Andrew Mckay)'s obsession with records and DJing started in the 80s, inspired by the movie Beat Street. He started spinning hip Hop and Soul records on public radio in 1988, in Hobart, Australia, and got his first set of turntables in 1990. In the winter of 1997-98 he fulfilled a lifelong dream and spent 4 months in New York City, where he immersed himself in the DJing culture. Working in Manhattan at EMI Music Publishing by day, going to clubs by night, lurking in record stores and devouring every street DJ mixtape he could get his hands on, Andrew had a chance to observe and learn from many great DJs during this time. Upon returning from New York, Andrew started working as a club DJ, as well as doing weekly turntable mixes on the seminal Australian Hip-Hop radio show "Ghetto Blast". He was soon busy playing weekly hip hop and R'n'B nights as well as guest spots at clubs around town, at a time when this genre of music was just starting to break through to the mainstream. With his large record collection and good DJing sense, he was soon able to attract a decent following, moving to bigger and bigger clubs, at one point playing eleven gigs in one week! In 1999, Andrew did a 1-year full-time sound production course at TAFE (a technical college), in order to become a more well-rounded audio professional. During this period, he played support spots for top international DJs, including DJ CRAZE (World DMC Champion), DJ DEXTA (Aussie DMC Champion and world finalist), DJ VIN ROC (ITF World Champion DJ); he also spun at the BEASTIE BOYS AFTER-PARTY, played urban music parties during US Navy warship visits, produced and sold several mixtapes and more... In mid-2000, Andrew decided to make a(continued)